a) The
State Librarian may direct the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee to
review the geographic boundary in a specific area or the existing geographic boundaries
for all multitype library systems, whenever one or more of the following
conditions are present:

1) There
is new demographic information available from a federal census or other
sources.

2) Library
systems request that the State Librarian review a shared boundary in a specific
area of the State.

3) A
change in library or library system management practices, governance, funding
or technology significantly impacts one of the factors considered in Sections
3030.225.

4) A
public library's boundary crosses a system boundary following annexation or a
new public library service area crosses system boundaries.

5) The
boundary review is scheduled according to the timeframe mandated in Section 14.5
of the Act.

b) The
Illinois State Library Advisory Committee will notify libraries and library
systems that would be directly affected by a proposed adjustment of a
geographic boundary that the boundary is being reviewed and will provide them
with the following information:

1) A general description
of the boundary adjustment that is being considered.

2) The
effect that the boundary adjustment would have on system membership in the area
under review.

3) The
criteria from subsection (a) that are used to evaluate the proposed boundary
adjustment.

4) The
date by which comments on the proposal must be received by the Illinois State
Library and the address to which comments must be sent.

5) The
date, time and location of the meeting at which the Illinois State Library
Advisory Committee will discuss the proposed adjustment to geographic
boundaries.

c) Each
library and library system in the affected area will be encouraged to submit a
statement indicating whether there is agreement with the proposed adjustment of
the geographic boundary.

d) The
Illinois State Library Advisory Committee will review the information that
prompted the proposed adjustment, the comments received from potentially
affected libraries and library systems, and any other information provided by
the Illinois State Library, and will hold a meeting to discuss the proposed
adjustments to geographic boundaries.

e) The
Illinois State Library Advisory Committee will make a recommendation to the
State Librarian on each suggested adjustment to the geographic boundaries of
library systems.

f) The
State Librarian shall issue a final decision regarding the proposed boundary
adjustment after reviewing the recommendation of the Illinois State Library
Advisory Committee and any information presented to the Illinois State Library
Advisory Committee in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section
3030.225.

g) The
State Librarian shall adjust the area and population of the affected library
systems at the beginning of the State fiscal year that commences at least eight
months after, but no more than 20 months after, the final decision. The system
membership changes will take place at that time or earlier, if the library
system gaining the members agrees to provide service earlier.